polar bear and cubs, photo courtesy of US Fish and Wildlife Service
polar bear and cubs, photo courtesy of US Fish and Wildlife Service
-The polar bear is one of the many animals that lives in the tundra.They are the largest bear in the world.They have thick oily fur and layers of bluber to keep warm in the freezing cold waters and land._taylor kellish


external image caribou2.jpgthese are caribou.They live in the artic tundra and the mountain tundra.









The ermine is related to the weasel it is nicknamed the short tailed weasel
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the arctic fox is a scavenger it follows polar bears to eat the reamains of its last kill.











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This is the Artic Willow, also known as the Rock Willow.Benjamin Hostetler
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This is the Labrador Tea. other names for this plant are St. Jame's Tea, Marsh Tea, Swamp Tea, and Hudson's Bay Tea.
musk oxen, photo: Jo Keller, US Fish and Wildlife Service, license: Public Domain
musk oxen, photo: Jo Keller, US Fish and Wildlife Service, license: Public Domain

These are Musk Oxen.They have long brown hair that hangs down to the ground.Benjamin Hostetler
photo by Steve Hillebrand, US Fish and Wildlife Service, license : public domain
photo by Steve Hillebrand, US Fish and Wildlife Service, license : public domain

This is the Wolverine. It is a fierce and strong animal about the size of a bear cub.Benjamin Hostetler
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the pasque flower is a flower that grows 5-8 petals.The fruit of the plant is a plum
that is achenial, which means that one seed is attached to the ovary wall, like a strawberry seed._taylor kellish








The harlequin duck gets its name from the decorated appearance of
the male




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Bearberry is a low growing evergreen. It has a stem that rises 2-8" off the ground and is covered in a thick bark and fine silky hairs.external image snowy_owl_chicks.jpg
The snowy owl is considered to be one of the largest and most attractive of the owls. It is called the snowy owl because of its white feathers.
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this plants name is Polytrichum Moss.
Polytrichum Moss
Polytrichum Moss

Arctic Tundra Wildflowers - Alaska
Arctic Tundra Wildflowers - Alaska


external image snowshoe.jpgThe snowshoe hare has white fur in the winter to blend in with the snow and be less noticable to predators. by Alexis Perkins
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Photo: A wading herd of barren-ground caribou
Photo: A wading herd of barren-ground caribou

Caribou migrate north each summer in one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on Earth. Feeding mostly on grasses and plants in the summer, caribou eat lichen and mushrooms during winter.

Photo: Bull moose
Photo: Bull moose

The largest deer species, moose grow huge antlers that can eventually span more than 6 feet (1.8 meters).

















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Tufted Saxifrage is a small perennial that grow in thick mats on the tundra. It has several straight flower stems which can get 3-15 cm high. The leaves are rigid and very hairy and only 5-10 mm long._taylor kellish







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This is a lemmings are small mouse-like animals that live in the arctic tundra. In summer they are brown, but in winter they are all white. Their white winter coats help them to hide from the predators that depend upon them for food. These little critters live in colonies. _taylor kellish



grass--------snow hare----------arctic fox by _tommy montague


grasses-------pika-------arctic fox---------polar bear__taylor kellish

An invasive species is a non-native species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human, animal, or plant health._taylor kellish.


lichen----------caribou----------wolves_kelly barthalow

lichen-------------Musk Oxen--------------Arctic Wolves_C. MIZER

An invasive species is not a native species that is tending to invade another species. An invasive spiecies in the tundra is the Canada Thistle. It is invasive because it limits the grazing area that animals have to graze. _C.MIZER



caribou moss--------caribou--------wolves_Austin Brown


Caribou moss-------Lemming-------Artic Fox, By Benjamin Hostetler


Arctic Willow-------Lemming--------Snowy Owl---------Arctic Wolf.....Alexis Perkins(:


Lichens-------Arctic Hare-------Brown Bear, Logan Foster





photo courtesy of W.Scott Elliot
photo courtesy of W.Scott Elliot
The artic willows in late summer by Alexis Perkins


photo courtesy of Richard Evans
photo courtesy of Richard Evans

Tundra flowers by Alexis Perkins

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Tundra Wolf by Hugh Hart Tundra Swan by Hiugh Hart
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Tundra Plants by Hugh Hart